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questioning

[kwes-chuh-ning] / ˈkwɛs tʃə nɪŋ /
NOUN
interrogation
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And as we’re questioning our long-held beliefs about “sink or swim” individualism and intellectual elitism, this is also an interrupter.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

"They have been taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre for questioning", they added.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

At the time Bondi apparently sought to redirect questioning by a congressional panel charged with overseeing her department’s work toward a discussion of the U.S. equities market, the Dow indeed was riding high.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

But in August 2013, a group of researchers, led by Irving Weissman of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University, published a paper questioning the legitimacy of Ratajczak’s claim.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

When one of his agents was questioning a seedy local attorney—who, according to an informant, was trying to “strangle” the government’s probe—the attorney betrayed a shocking knowledge of the inner workings of the case.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann